Agnus Dei

Entertainment / Music / Agnus Dei: A section of the Mass: the last musical movement of the Ordinary.
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Madeirisation

Life Style / Wine / Madeirisation: A tasting term. Wines that taste Madeirised - like Madeira - are most probably oxidised and therefore faulty. It generally only occurs in white wines. The resemblance to Madeira comes from the fact th MORE

Magnus Effect

Technology / Aviation / Magnus Effect: The effect on a spinning cylinder or sphere moving through a fluid, in which force acts perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the direction of spin. This is used to advantage in baseball, in MORE

Tinta Madeira

Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Tinta Madeira: Australian alias name for home growths of the Tinta Negramole variety associated with the island of Madeira.. MORE

Trincadeira

Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Trincadeira: Has synonym names Creto Preto, Mort??gua, Tinta Amarela and Trincadeira Preto. Red wine variety grown in the Alentejo region of Portugal. Very resistant to drought yet sensitive to fungal diseases. Us MORE

Madeira

Entertainment / Liquor / Madeira: A wine resembling sherry traditionally produced in the Madeira Islands, a chain of 8 islands off the northwest coast of Africa. MORE

Jadeite

Science / Geology / Jadeite: A high pressure clinopyroxene that is frequently carved and polished as a gemstone. MORE